Hay-baling press.



H. M. TALLMAN. HAY BALING PRESS. ABBLIOATION n'Lnn 1120.4,1905.

901,849. Patented 001;. 20, 1908.

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H. M. TALLMAN.

HAY BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION rum) DEO4,1905.

901,849. Patented Oct. 20, 19,08.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE M. TALLMAN, OF SI-IELBYVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ADMIRAL HAYPRESS 00., OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

HAY-BALING PRE SS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE M. TALLMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at- Shelbyville, in the countyof Shelby and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hay-Baling Presses, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in hay-baling presses, particularlythat class known as the rebounding-plunger type.

It has for its object, principally, to provide for feeding the hayeffectively and with facility into the baling chamber, close to thethroat or folder thereof, also in front of the plunger, for forcing thehay or material well down thereinto at those points; and, incidentally,to efiect the ready displacement or elevation of the nearer feeder outof the way by the action of the plunger; and to carry out these objectsin a simple and effective manner.

Said invention consists of certain features substantially as hereinafterfully disclosed and pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of myinvention- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a suflicient portion of ahay-baling press, to show the application of said invention, parts ofthe press being broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section,and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same, in the latter theview-point being toward the forward end of the machine. Fig. 4 is adisassembled perspective view of the principal features or feeders ofthe invention. Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

In the disclosure of my present invention, comprising mainly feeders 1,1*, I have shown the same as applied to, and operative in connectionwith the press-chamber 2, hopper 3, plunger 4, and the means ofconnection therebetween as later described, all of my patent dated April11, 1905, and No. 787,132.

The main feeder 1 is constituted of parallel arms 1 having fixed betweentheir outer curved end-portions a transverse plate.0r blade 1 preferablyhaving a double inclined lower or effective edge, with the inclinationsmeeting centrally of said edge. Said arms 1 have their inner endsprovided or terminated in tubular formations 1 suitably held upon, andreceiving a rock shaft 5, answering to the correspondingly actuatedshaft (9) of the feeder-arms noted in said patent and which shaft isaccordingly operated, as therein described, to suitably depress theupper-end carried blade or plate 1 of said arms for feeding the hay orcontents of the hopper 8 into the press or plunger-chamber 2 below. Asin said patent, the hopper 3 is adapted to permit said feeder-arms toextend therethrough and have the requisite movement therein, the upperforward edges of said arms being adapted to be held against the inner orlower edges of the yoke-like member 3 ofsaid hopper as against thewithdrawal of the upper-end carried plate or blade 1 from the hopperunder the action of the feeder automatically returning spring whichlatter is also disclosed in said patent. Said arms are adapted to permittheir upper end carried plate or blade 1 to finally assume a position inthe press or plungerchamber, as they are actuated in feeding the hay orcontents of the hopper 3 into said chamber, suitably in advance of theplunger for forcing said contents or hay well down in front of saidplunger, the purpose of which is apparent.

The supplemental feeder 1 is preferably of bail-like formation, havingthe inner ends of its arms pivoted laterally to the arms 1 of theprimary feeder, near the plate or blade equipped end-portions thereof,and held normally in a position practically at right-angles to saidarms, the pivoted end of one arm of said supplemental feeder beingsuperposed with relation to a stop l secured to the corresponding arm ofthe feeder 1. Said supplemental feeder is subjected to the action of apreferably helical spring 1 suitably connected thereto and to an arm ofthe primary feeder and by means of said spring, said stop 1 is aided toretain said feeder in its normal position, said spring also permittingsaid supplemental feeder or bail a yielding action when neces sary aslater noted. This supplemental feeder is so arranged that, as theprimary feeder descends into the hopper in perfornr ing its office asaforesaid, it, the supplemental feeder, will act upon the hopper-contents or hay close to the folder or throat of the press-chamber, andforce said contents well down into said chamber at that point,

thus aiding the primary feeder to effectively plunger, as Wellunderstood.

It will be noted that, in event of the supplemental feeder becomingstuck or wedged in the material or hay from heavy choke-feeding, as notinfrequently happens in" the feeding "operation, said feeder would yieldunder the advancing action of the plunger, as is apparent, and thuspermitits displacement or removal out of the Way of the plunger; thefeeder subsequently returning to its normal position under the action ofits spring; suitable provision being made for the release of the primaryfeeder in event of its becoming stuck the same as descr bed in saidpatent. As in some other types of baling presses, {the operation offeeding is reversely of that above described,

any further -explanation or illustration herein.

I claim:

' 1'. In'a baling press,the combination With a presschamber, of arock-shaft mounted thereon, feeder arms mounted on the shaft, a plate onthe arms, and a supplemental feeder pivoted to the arms and adapted tobe forced out of the Way of the plunger.

2. In a baling'press, the combination with a press-chamber, of arock-shaft journaled thereon, feeder arms mounted on the shaft, a bladeconnected to the arms, a supplemental feeder pivoted to the arms, andmeans for limiting the movement of the supplemental feeder.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two vvitnesses.

HORACE M. TALLMAN.

VVitnesses:

BRAZ D. TULL, L. AJGASTON.

